Wexell: STEELERS ECSTATIC ABOUT TUITT

[Eddie Spaghetti]

agreed pap

i have a feeling his combination of power and speed will be something we havent seen in awhile

[hawaiiansteel]

Tuitt had as many tackles as offsides penalties in the game versus the Giants, but his long-term potential is quite evident...

[NJ-STEELER]

Personally, I'll be ecstatic if Tuitt has a sack/forced fumble that ends a Super Bowl victory for us...but that's just me.

maybe he missed his first 4 seasons

[papillon]

Does he? Mitchell is the Asst. Head Coach and has been with the team far longer than any other coach...

If Mitchell says a player isn't ready, why would LeBeau overrule him?

Because Lebeau is the DC and should get the last say; if he doesn't, why is he the DC and getting paid like one?

Pappy

[Shawn]

I was watching Tuitt. The way that big man moves is truly something special. He looked like a HUGE linebacker out there.

[Captain Lemming]

Not sure anyone hates him because he was good for several years in Games 8-16 of the season and the play offs. I think more than hate people lost respect for him after he mailed it in post big contract.

I wouldn't call him a beast though because he was wildly inconsistent even when he was good.

This is a ridiculous myth, we need to stop saying it.

Woodley had the best start OF HIS ENTIRE CAREER right after his contract was signed.
9 sacks in the first 8 games.
He was on pace for 18 sacks which would be a Steeler record.

He got HURT after his SECOND sack of week 8 in the 2011.

Heck Woodley had a sack in FIVE OF HIS FIRST SIX games LAST YEAR.

Woodleys WELL DESERVED rep as slow starter strong finisher almost ENTIRELY is based on his pre contract pattern.

INJURY PROBLEMS, not contract induced lazyiness was his problem.

[NorthCoast]

This is a ridiculous myth, we need to stop saying it.

Woodley had the best start OF HIS ENTIRE CAREER right after his contract was signed.
9 sacks in the first 8 games.
He was on pace for 18 sacks which would be a Steeler record.

He got HURT after his SECOND sack of week 8 in the 2011.

Heck Woodley had a sack in FIVE OF HIS FIRST SIX games LAST YEAR.

Woodleys WELL DESERVED rep as slow starter strong finisher almost ENTIRELY is based on his pre contract pattern.

INJURY PROBLEMS, not contract induced lazyiness was his problem.

regardless, woodley has been in a slow decline since 2009 (can you believe he had 62 tackles that year!!). he played his best when Harrison was on the other side.

[Chadman]

Woodley was bad because he got paid.....apparently.

Just like Redman was great because he wasn't paid...until he started.

Here's betting Woodley goes alright in Oakland, better than Worilds in Pittsburgh, say, as an example..

[K Train]

I was watching Tuitt. The way that big man moves is truly something special. He looked like a HUGE linebacker out there.

This is it exactly, i was thinking damn Tuitt looks like a ginormous linebacker more than a dlineman

[BradshawsHairdresser]

regardless, woodley has been in a slow decline since 2009 (can you believe he had 62 tackles that year!!). he played his best when Harrison was on the other side.

Yep.

I'd be somewhat surprised if he ever matches his earlier level of play. He has the body of a player several years older.
Not sure he can recover all that he's lost physically.

[Captain Lemming]

regardless, woodley has been in a slow decline since 2009 (can you believe he had 62 tackles that year!!). he played his best when Harrison was on the other side.

Woodley generated DMVP talk ONCE IN HIS CAREER.
It was the first half of 2011, RIGHT AFTER he signed his contract.
He had THREE STRAIGHT games with 2 sacks before he got hurt in week 8.

BTW Harrison WAS INJURED during that exact same stretch.

Four games leading up to Woodleys injury in week 8 2011 all of which a Harrison missed go like this:
1.5 sacks
2 sacks
2 sacks
2 sacks

Do a Google search for articles about Woodley during that time. He was never better.

[RuthlessBurgher]

This is it exactly, i was thinking damn Tuitt looks like a ginormous linebacker more than a dlineman

We know a thing or two about ginormous linebackers.

[Shawn]

Kirkland looks bigger than Tuitt...lol.

[papillon]

Kirkland looks bigger than Tuitt...lol.

No he doesn't, just keeping up the 10 year consistency.

Pappy

[Shawn]

No he doesn't, just keeping up the 10 year consistency.

Pappy

I wouldn't have it any other way.